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語源

From 中期英語 equaten, from Latin aequātus, perfect passive participle of aequō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ɪˈkweɪt/
• 韻: -eɪt

動詞

equate (third-person singular simple present equates, present participle equating, simple past and past participle equated)

1. (transitive) To consider equal or equivalent (to or with).

   Coordinate term: correspond

2. (transitive, mathematics) To set as equal.
   • 1960 February, “Talking of Trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 67:

     Mr. Hoyle, who does not believe many multiple-unit diesel services on secondary routes will resist for ever the road transport challenge, would forgo passenger traffic altogether on a little-used route in order to improve the quality of the freight working and reduce its costs by equating the average speed of all trains on the line concerned.

反意語

• (antonym(s) of “consider equal”): differentiate

派生語

関連する語

• equation

参考

• conflate

名詞

equate (plural equates)

1. (programming) A statement in assembly language that defines a symbol having a particular value.
   • 2005, Arnold S. Berger, Hardware and Computer Organization, page 220:

     The first section of the program includes the system equates.

   • 2009, Saifullah Khalid, Neetu Agrawal, Microprocessor System, page 256:

     The following equates define the stats byte […]

   • 2012, J. S. Anderson, Microprocessor Technology, page 221:

     You can learn much about user routines, labels, displacements, equates (EQU) and so on, by modifying this program and observing the results on the screen.